Button



June 24, 1930.

J: WALDES BUTTON Filed May 11, 1928 NEW Ill/IIIII IIIIIIMII'ITIIIIIIH INVENTOR J/A DRIC/f- M/fll 05s WITNESS .ATTORN EYS Patented June 2 4,i19 3 Applicationfiled M111; 1928. seriai No. 276,345.

The invention relates tobuttons and more particularly to decorative buttons of that type commonly referred to as cuff buttons which comprise cooperatingfsections includ- :6

ing male and female members capable of :and separated at will. s

The objectofthe invention isto supply ffthe jeweler-manufacturers of such cuff L10 buttons with assembled structural, units Wholly complete except for the ornamental or decorative faces which the jeweler-manufacturer selects and applies in completing the production of the cufi' button.

' Heretoforeit was, customary for. the

jeweler to make up his own structural units from a plurality of separate parts comprising a base, a stem, a head and-the decorative element, for each button section. "This 2 practice required "the jeweler to apply at least one riveting operation. and twocrimpin'g' operations for eachfflbuttonf section.

I The manufacture of buttons, on that basis involved not only special laborand expense in assembling, but thesebutt'ons were subject .to the disadvantage thatthelbase and the stem, even though the riveting' operation was carefully .carried out, were frequently Y capable of movement relatively to each '30 other and even separated completely-..

ification avoids many' of, the objectionable features of existing constructions ,and pro y Qvidesqbutton' .sectionsgatj least equal in strength to .eir'isting types, and superior thereto I in eliminating disadvantages there- .of. The inventionfwill be fully described hereinafter and the features ofnovelt'y will be'pointed out in the claims.

illustrate examples ofthe invention without 'defining'its limits, Fig. 1 is anelc-vation,

partly' in section, showing the" two' button 453 members in detachable connection with each other; Figs. 2 and3 are sectional elevations of the ,two button' sections; Figs. 4 and 5 are side elevations of the separate elements comprisingsaid sections; and Fig.6 is'fa sectional view taken on theline 6 -6"of Fig. 2 and has parts at the edge of the button .being detachablyf connected with each other Thenew structure described in this spec- In the accompanying draw1ngs, which" shown as dotted for thepurpose of 111113.

trating the internal structure;

representing a female memberand M a male member]- The ornament-carrying. -plates'16, i

As shown in the drawing" the button con- 'sists of two separable members F and M, F

l'la'nd 11 (see Figs. 2, 8,'and 5)of these if two members may be of any suitable con-- figuration especially adaptedto accommo date the ornament. The plates 16 and 11,

although illustrated as round, may obvi ously be of any other appropriate shape,

suchas hexagonal, square, rectangular, etc;

Theperiphery of these plates maybe used as a shoulder forengaging a metal ring 25 which, as shown in Fig. 2, holds the orna ment' 24 in place, or the plates may be initially formed in'a cup or dish shape as shown at 26 in Fig.3, inwhichca'se the con cave recess serves ,as-a. depository forthe ornament which is then heldfinplaoe by bending or crimping 'the edges'26 of the 5 plate '11 of Fig. 3 over the edges of the "ornament.

p members F and M are constituted of materialsuch as brass which possesses the necessary physical working character isticsfland the strength required by my s'true I tural arrangement. 7 acter is first drawn or otherwise treated 'to develop integral units comprising; in the female member F the hollow stem" 12: and

Material of this char the plate 10 (Fig. 2) andin the .inale-me1nber '(Fig. 3) the stem13and the plate 11, I V.

the "stems in eachcase eXtendingperpeu,

dicularly from a. central'portion' of the Y plateLfThe stems are respectivelyformed with an annular beveled shoulder 14 (Fig.,

. 4c) and 14? :(Fig. 5), and a reduced neck-l5 (Fig. 4;) andle (Fig. 5). This format ion 9 is then vemployed'to completethe two meme] I i bers F and M.

' In thecase of the member F the reduced neck 15 is inserted through an aperture lIl the plate 16 and is turned uponflitself as indicated 'at 16 2 to rivet thepl'ate 16 in place upon the neck; 15 and againstthe lfl T p e 16- maylmve' aide;

pression around the central aperture .5 as

indicated in Fig. 2, so that upon'completioil X25 a i I terior form thereof. The result of thls' l f Fig. 3, .Whi'ch comprisesfthe male portion of the button. The'vproportion and arrange, me H Iper s resuch that the locking or to V 'of'the riveting operation a surface will be presented toreceive the ornament which will be free from upstanding pro ect1ons that might cause fracture or in ury to the The spring 17 includes two legs l8'locat edon opposite sides of stem l2'fand t'erml-lr2 and6.' V vIn the case 'of the male member M, the

a hollow knob 21 I which forms anintegraI part of a member-22' which includes the ited to the stem 13 by providing pressure in suitable mannfer to'deform thelieck 15* Within theknob 21 '(see Fig. 3)Vsoas to de velop' said hook 15 in the nature of alball w 5 which completely engages the interiorlsurface of' the kn0b f2l a d conforms t th inunion is to provide a male member composed fTtw :parts practically inseparable from 'each other a d in which thereis no pos- I 'sibilityQof'relativemotionand disconnection p as between plate 11 Tand stem 13 such as, *so'metimes' occurred in's ome of the prior art structures; a g V V in the section Shown in Fig. 2,.the stem 12 comprises an, integral part of the member 10 which in thisi-nstance constitutes theh'ead I r of t e' ct on, and the free'end of the stem 12 is in riveted connection with ithe member 16; which in this instance comprises tliebtlse of thesection. As shown in Fi 3, the stem 13comprises an integral part 9; the member i ll, w e eomp ises 't-hebase of this section,

, andirsaid stemisin riveted connection at its outer end with the 1 member 22, which ,eom-

an, The section of the 'button'shotvn in "Fig.2 comprises the female portion'of the,

p button and the interior dimension of the i stem-12 is arranged to accommodate and re eiveithe knob2l of' the section shea h in 1 projections 19" off the spr in ,1"7 enter the undercut'annular groove Z) of the knob 21 v asillustrated in Figa' '1 to detachably con- I nect thema le and female sections vvith each othen It Willbe observed that in both Fig.

.2 vand Fig. 3 the enlargement of V the stem "represented by the turned-over edge 16* of Fig; Q'and theball2l of 'lFigfi approximate and do not exceed theinormal cross-section ofgthe' s'teins 12 and respectively. p

Wi h. the r novel arrang m nt scribed ,7 "ornament. The peripheral edge of the- J [plate 10 is turned inwardly as shown at 10 [itofix the spring in position.

neck 15 is closed at its extremity and the closed end is insertedinto the inter or of peripheral flange; The member- 22 is 2.0

Furthermore the axial passage which exprises-thehead of this Section ofthe but-i I units acid used in the operation of finishing the button'to'pass through and out' and to prising a deep central stem having aportion I g of a u hile th er "platedikemember andillustrated each section of the buttoncomprises two parts riveted together: in a single operatiomthus reducing the parts as Well as the operation of uniting thesame to the simplest possible form. j Furthermore, because of the fact that the deformedneck 15 practically fills-the interior of the knob; 21 and conforms to the interior shape there of, the knob becomes virtually a solidly; seat ed ball of maximum strength. For this reason the metal of which the neck 15 andthe knob 21 iseomposed' may be lighter than i Was necessary in existing forms of buttons, and yet Will possess greater strength in the completed product. This feature of the DGW' I structure permitsthe elongation represented 3 by 13 and 15 o be f t d. by simple draw ng operations, Notwithstanding that. drawing opera oncausee a p ogr ssivedimi i nutio in Wa l tll e ness' the s ructura or; ganization of the combined elements i fsueli; so that Wh nt e pa Ban 15? are f rmed" by drawing, the ultimateproduct vvillnever theless possess adequate rigidity and IQqHi' site'strength, j a The" nevvstructure also, makes it" possible to preserve or to readjust the condition of struction makes it possible to supplyQthe sections of the button in coinpletelyassemf bled condition to the nianufacturer'of decog v rative'buttons an'd makes' it possible for'this manufacturer to jcombinethe decorative ele ments 24 with the button sections Without requiringsaid manufacturer to participate in anyway inthe'assembly'ofthe elements l I j of said button sections. i

V In addition to their other functioiisit d hlt and 14 CQnStitutere: inforcemems which P v t collapse. of the stems l2 and 13' under the "pressurefapplied;

in the manufacture of the button membersi tends completely through the stem 12per be eb h sly sposed of.

Various changes in "the specific forms from the spirit ofiny invention. 7

JVI'clai m: g I r 1. detachable cuff button v section co the scope of the' claims without departing near its freevend reduced is adapted to be inserted loosely through the V 12. v p om the normal 7 cross section -of t 1 e stenito orm a shoulder buttonhole in a cuff and insaid position to coact detachably with a complementary cull button section, oneof said. plate-like mem bers being an integral extensionof the stem While the other is non-integral, the non-integral plate-like member being provided with a central aperture smaller than the normal crosssection'of thestem and seated against the -shoulder of the stem, said aperture cor responding closely to and having edge walls in contact with the reduced portion of the v free end of the stem the enlargement of the stembeing in contact with asurface of the plate and at such distancefrom the shoulder of the stem that the plate is firmly held and retained in place between the said shoulder and the said enlargement.

2. A detachable cuff button section com prising a deep hollow central stem'havi'ng a portion near its free end reduced from the normalcross-section of the stem to form shoulders. on the stemysaid reduction being outwardly bevel-wise in e'ach' direction above and below the narrowest part of said reduced portion of the stem, whereby said shoulders incline away from said narrowest part, an enlargement, adjacent to said reduced portion, approXimatingand not ma:

terially exceeding the normal cross-section of the stem at the free end of the stem, two.v plate-like members, one of said plate-like members being adapted toflie against the outer surface of a cuff and beinganintegral extension of'the stem, whilethe otherplatelike member isnon-integral and is adapted to be inserted loosely through the button- 7 hole ina cuff and in said position to co-act detachably with a complementary cuff button section 'the non-integral plate-like member having an enlarged hollow knob and being provided with a centralaperture of the same circumferential dimensions at its narrowest part as the exterior clrcum feren tlal dimenslons of the narrowest part of the reduced portion ofthe stem, said aperture 1 I I being bounded by oppositely extendingbevelled shoulder-engaging portions seated in close, tightly wedged contact with the bevelled shoulders of the free end of the stem adjacent to the narrowest part of its reduced e portion. r

In testimony whereof have hereunto set myhand. I 1 JINDRIOH WALDES. 

